Green pa­tri­arch.

The Hel­lenic So­ci­ety for the Pro­tec­tion of Na­ture, which cel­e­brated its 60th an­niver­sary with a spe­cial cer­e­mony on Tues­day night, be­stowed its en­vi­ron­men­tal con­tri­bu­tion award upon Ec­u­meni­cal Pa­tri­arch Vartholo­maios. “Main­tain­ing the eco­log­i­cal bal­ance is God’s will,” Vartholo­maios told par­tic­i­pants at the event.